Alumni BB WALDON - Step Up and Help, Bulls Fans

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Bulls alumni take court for B.B.'s benefit

 

Joey Knight, Times Staff Writer

 

Intensity made a cameo. Defense popped in for a minute or two. Conditioning? It reared itself in spurts.

 

But brotherhood and benevolence arrived early and seized the waterlogged afternoon

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More than a dozen former Bulls men's basketball players and staffers -- including former coach Seth Greenberg -- came from as far as Australia for Saturday's alumni game to benefit Bulls all-time leading rebounder B.B. Waldon.

 

With wife Kelly at his side, Waldon, still recovering from a horric late-April car accident, struggled to maintain his composure afterward as he thanked his Bulls family -- and the 100 or so Sun Dome observers -- who braved the weekend downpour to attend. Admission was free but donations were accepted.

 

"I'm just blessed, very blessed, and thankful for everything y'all have done," Waldon said.

 

Former Waldon teammate Anddrikk Frazier, who starred at Tampa Prep in the early '90s, handled a majority of the legwork for the event, which was to include an auction Saturday night in downtown Tampa.

 

Former Waldon teammate Raheim Brown came from Australia. Another peer, Haven Jackson, traveled from Texas. Cedric Smith, still ranked fourth in program history with 183 3-pointers, cut short a vacation to South Carolina to play, Frazier said.

 

They were joined by Altron Jackson and Radenko Dobras, USF's No. 2 and 3 all-time scorers, respectively. Counting Waldon, Dominique Jones (who attended but didn't play) and Chucky Atkins (who made a late cameo), five of the program's top six career scorers attended Saturday's event.

 

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